Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-01-27

IS symptom OF diseased kidneys an(
liver, which plasters and lotions can no
heal. The best and safest remedy is DIR
McLean's liver and kidney balm. 81, PEI
bottle. For sale at the Lion Drug Store
When you kiss a girl don't make
a noise like a horse pulling his foot
out of a mud hole. 1t is a SUCCESS.
ton of red hot, concentrated sweet
ness that makes your listeners sick.
I'D. Small says he likes block
ade-it puts temporary stop to the
legend, "Please Remit. Guess
such requts are not sufficiently
numerous to make him loose any
sleep.
When this mantle of virgin
white and soil departs, some back
yards will be curiosity-wire bust
les, tin cans, rags, hair, dead cats,
feathers, &C., makes q choice collee-
ton.
Our readers should remember
that the dedication of the NJ. f..
Church takes place on the 18th Of
February. The exercises on that
occasion will be frought with deep
and solemn interest. Make your
arrangements to be present.
"A new counterfeit silver dollar
is out, and is so perfect in weight
and ring as to deceive experts. It's
only defect is i'll the letter I'd" in
the motto "In God We Trust, .
which is SO slantiug as to appear al
most like an italic letter. The false
coin is an Illinois production.
Donkey parties are the latest
craze back east. Participants wear
huge ears and long floating paper
tail. Some of the visitors don't
have to enlarge their cars. Parties
of this kind in Dakota would re-
auire a "make-np" for eyery man,
moman and child who took part
perhaps.
Webster, surrounded with fine
hills that could be utilized as tobag-
gan slides, has none, while over on
the Jim River valley, where the
country is as fiat as a pancake and
as destitute of timber as muly
COW of horns, they have them-ae-
tnally build lumber hills. Why 10
this thus?
On Sunday the 18th day of Feb
rnary the handsome new n. E.
Church of this city will be formally
dedicated for divine worship. The
Rev. w. A, Phillips, of Morris, Ills.
viii preach the dedicatory sermons.
Rev. Traveller, the presiding elder,
will be III attendance and take part
in the services.
AT the rate ofInerease of popu-
lation in Day county, in five years
we viii have population of ten or
twelve thousand. As soon as it is
fairly noised abroad that this is the
finest country on earth, people will
seek homes among rs and bring cash
to help build up and develop the
grand possibilities of this country.
MIR Norgord, the law firm of
Norgord & Bennett, will be always
found in his office over the Reporter
Office, ready to attend to all law
cases and business committed to his
care. Mr.. N, is native of Nor.
way and speaks that tongue fuently
and can advise his countrymen on
all questions at law involving their
interests SO they will understand.
Elder Traveller, of this NJ. E.
conference district, was in town
Monday and assisted in conducting
the exercises at the NJ. L. Church
in this city. His sermon was very
fine ore. If the good work COM
menced shall continue, then indeed
will the new edifice have received
baptism preparatory to dedication
that shall be as a sweet smelling
SAVIOR to the Most High.
II would warn young ladies' on
bidding goodnight to their fellows
not to smack quite SO loud it dis
turbes our rest and makes us feels
that we've lost something way back
in the long ago, when the front gate
consisted of a pair of bars.
When We parted long ago,
From our best girl at the bars;
The yum yumest time, you know
Was ours.
old Boreas is acting like born
fool this year. lie has filled the
Coteaus with snow and ice and then
jumped "a-straddle' of blizzard
and went down into Minnesota and
stopped the trains SO We could not
get our mails. Probably he thinks
that's cute, but we can't see it.
Next Halloween we hope the boys
will take the old gent in hand and
treat him to coat of yermilion-he
needs to be painted deep, blushing
carmine-he's earned it.
--0n Monday evening the City
Marshal found man in the rear of
the Commercial, reclining on a
snow bank and too full for utter
ance. Had be lain there another
hour he would have hidden farewell
to earth.as it washe was pretty near
gone. lie was taken to the cooler
thawed out and lodged for the night.
In the morning he was made to
contribute 50 and prequisites to the
city treasury, and admonished TO go
and sin no more. 1t was lucky
find for the victim aud he retained
the breath of life at very small
cost. 1t is to be hoped it will prove
a lasting lesson TO him.
WEBSTER, d. I. Jan. %, 1887.
The Day County Agricultural As
ISOLATION met at the Office of the
Secretary pursuant to call. Pres.
Ecker III the chair.
There beings vacancy in the office
of one of the directors. Edwin
Knapp was elected to fill the yacan-
cy of NJ. l., Sattern mot elegihlel
1t was moved and carried that
the Association give a picnic supper
on Feb. sth at the Masonic Opera
House for the purpose of obtaining
funds to free the association from
debt and that the price be 25 cents
a ticket.
A committee consisting of Messr:
Barker, Ecker and Ruggles were